Good morning.

What is your main concern about the long drive? Is it anxiety?

I'm sorry but I do not remember the other post. --- Do you have
medication at the moment that is somewhat helpful for the long
ride?


I agree with Kay that you need to let the judge know immediately about your current diagnosis.

If you have a document or pill or something with your pdoc's name on it like a pill bottle.



That makes sense to me although I do not know much about judges.

M

Hi Mari ~ In answer to your question, the main concern I have is several fold: 1) I have not gone that far away from my home since 2004 and with Agorophobia, it makes it difficult to even leave my home, 2) I am not on any medication to help stabilize my mood and not sure how I will react to the stress of everything I will be facing - it's all new stuff to me, and finally 3) I am fearful of having a panic attack, oops one more 4) when I get stressed I become very dizzy and have vertigo attacks which keep me in bed as the only way I can get around is to hold onto walls and then usually a migraine with aura will hit me.

The only medication I currently have and am on is Klonopin, but it's not enough to handle the panic and anxiety especially in situations like this. It's never been that effective. When I went thru breast cancer treatment, I was on Xanax and that was wonderful and handled anxiety very well, but since I am on Klonopin, no one will give me Xanax, again, not a clue why.

After reading your post, I grabbed my letter from my previous psych doc and the medication I was on when I did all my spending to prove everything to the judge. Along with that will take an extra bottle of Klonopin. Thank you for this very helpful suggestion.

I did inform my bankruptcy attorney the reason for my excessive spending that led to the need for bankruptcy and he said in all the cases that are approved, my condition and being on the wrong medication is all that is needed. So, will bring proof with me just in case. I don't know judges either, but he is also a trustee for Federal Court and his paralegal told me he already approved my bankruptcy, but I just have to meet before the judge to be formally put thru for discharge. Now, my discharge will occur after 60 days have gone by and no one comes forward to contest it and then another 30 days to get me the letter. I spent the last 7 months paying off my lawyer and went without good nutritious food and medical care for my cat and I, in order to afford all this, so it will be a serious setback if my bankruptcy doesn't get discharged and my lawyer has to charge me to go back in to fight it. So, the next 3 months, I will be sitting on pins and needles and have to continue to sock away his fee monthly until I get the final discharge. Gulp.

Blue

after the hearing please please find another psychiatrist who has a brain and has compassion. that is so little klonopin. No wonder it doesn't work. My doctor
can fax in the prescription. Get somebody who will prescribe welbutrin.At a high strength it worked for me for a while.
What is wrong with your kitty cat? I would go crazy without my two.Pudge is rescued Tortoise shell Persian. She loves to rest and have her tummy and neck rubbed. She almost died when she was giving birth. When she got better she couldn't be used as a breeder so lucky me got her. I bought an Abyssian named Abby. She is my second aby named . I also had an aby mixed Himalyan and she looked like a somali. My favorite cat was snowball who I adopted because he was so ugly I thought nobody else would take him. At first he had a crooked nose and a fang. About three weeks after I got him he had a prolapsed colon and then shortly after that he got another one. He had the worse case of feline herpes. He had the deepest soul. When Morgy one of my schnauzers died, he went the the window for a month looking for him. When Hammy, Morgy's littermate was dying of kidney failure,
Snowy would go over all the time and rub against him and butt heads with him.He was an angel but always sick.
bobby

Hi Bobby ~ You sound like me... for the love of pets !!! I will also go to the ends of the earth to help my pets. I even used to work for my vet as his assistant for two years, so I got alot of intensive care knowledge to help my current kitty. He's 12 months old and currently had Hyperthesia, Seizure disorder and now bladder inflammation. So, he's on alot of medications. He was also abused by the breeder and I had to hire a behaviorist to come several times to help me with him and still, after 9 months, he still has soo many issues. He really needs to be on a behavioral modification medication but I have reached the end of what I can afford right now. How to use a GoFundMe to help me pay for his vet expenses last month. He will never recover from all this, so I have to decide if I can continue all his medications and weekly vet care after bankruptcy. Even now, it's just not affordable. But I do get the snuggles and head bumps and cuddling from the kitties I sit with in the owners absence. I do not get paid for this at this point, just started doing this, so will see what they do to thank me for all this care this past month. However, they can never repay me for all the cat therapy I got from being with them. My cat, won't let me touch him, he won't do head bumps, won't go near my lap, won't sleep with me (he sleeps under the bed directly under where I sleep), he has a serious biting issue and so one. The breeder was suspected of buying kittens from a kitten mill and hence where I got him from.

My psych doc is the only one left on my insurance plan within 50 miles of me. 99.9% of the providers have dropped my insurance plan for non-payment.I have complained all the way up to CMS and my Federal Congressman but I do not meet the criteria for "early enrollment". My psych doc wanted me to go thru the IOP or Partial Hospital Plan to help me transition to new meds and for stabilization, but no hospitals within 100 miles or further will accept my plan for that purpose. I thought PHP was an excellent suggestion and I wanted to do that but now I can't. So, I am stuck with him until January when I can opt out of this plan.

I know that is very little Klonopin. I will try again, but he is very rigid in what he will prescribe and how much. He has recently gone out on his own as a sole practitioner, not associated in a practice and no hospital privileges in my state. I looked him up under the State Corporation Commission. He has extensive clinical experience in one of the leading psychiatric hospitals in the country here in Washington, DC So, I thought, initially, with all this knowledge and years in practice, he would be a good fit for me, but not so, so far.

Blue

go fund me is a really great idea! There are so many cat lovers! It really might work. I pray so. Hyperesthesia in Cats
I looked it upi. How awful. Your poor kitty and cat and your poor you. I wonder if he can outgrow it after being so traumatized. I found the great cat treat for abby that is low in calories https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
all i have to is say fishies and she comes running. Pudge just enjoys her prescription cat food.
I wonder if you will get paid for your kitty cat sitting. I am glad you get your fix.
I am so very sorry about your medical treatment. I went back to my old psychiatrist and pay 125 for a visit(he gives his old medicare patients a discount after he went off it. I have to pay 49 each month for him to write a prescription.I tried to medicare lunatics before I went back to him.
I won't look at my credit card amount this month. I really went on a spending spree besides all the other expensives.
fondly
bobby
prayers for your kitty cat. Poor thing.

I am just catching up.

Glad you have joined us.

Donna

Hi ya Bobby *smiles*. Hyperthesia is not well understood. It's classified as a neurological disorder and he's had this since I first brought him home and that was 9 months ago. With his daily Gabapentin, he is very sick. There are several tests, which I cannot afford just yet that I plan to do to look at other possible causes, such as Toxoplasmosis.

Nope, won't get paid, they plan to take me out to either lunch or dinner, either which I keep trying to encourage them not to do. I haven't been to a restaurant in 14 years due to my Agoraphobia, yikes, don't know how I am going to get out of this one.

My former psych doc is retiring in March 2020, so I have been trying to transition to a new psych doc, otherwise I would do the same as you, pay him thru cash. He told me in January and in March when I joined my new Medicare Advantage plan, there was a large pool of psych docs to choose from, only to find out that all of them opted out of the plan and they are still all online as participating providers. I complained about this to Medicare, euch was their comment, they could care less. So, I am now complaining to my Federal Congressman.

Thank you for the prayers for my kitty, appreciate that !!

Working on my last list of what to do tomorrow before my pick up time and what I need to finish up with today. Trying to stay calm now. Took an extra Klonopin to help and listening to calming music, but terrified about tomorrow.

Blue

you have so much pressure on you. I wonder if you feel better after the bankruptcy is over. Your poor kitty cat. I get so distressed when one of mine is sick. Vets are so expensive. Rats that they won't give you money rather than taking you out. Wonder if you can lie and say you have digestive issues so only eat at home. Maybe then they would give you money. Maybe you can ask them if they know anybody who needs a kitty cat sitter and will pay. Probably will backfire. Have you googled for psychiatrists who take medicare in your area. I am sure you probably have
Best of fortune!
fondly
bobby